Long time since I last blogged. Wanted to blog last week but a bit too lazy to do so.. but anyway ICT is almost ending, in just over 12 hrs. A “long” 2 weeks I must say. Yes, high key is often just long for me. Actually ICT is nothing, frankly speaking, just that outfield is rather horrid, at least for me. I never like to go out in the field, can’t bathe, can’t go toilet properly (big reason), so it’s always been quite a dread. Some more, this time we have 2 x outfield, a 2 day 1 night and a 3 day 2 night on the 1st and 2nd week respectively.
Surprisingly, in a way maybe, I didn't really complain my way through. Since have to go through it, might as well do it happily. And time passed rather "fast" too, actually not that fast also, lol, i have been counting down since the start of the 3 day 2 night from 52 hrs. But well, we did it. but i must say it's not easy, but i am sure the daily waking up early, just to chant for the 30 min before going to camp, definitely keep my life condition high, on the 1st week book out, even though need book in early and everything, instead of feeling so damn depressed, at least, what i feel was, yes I will overcome this with joy. ha.
but i must this ICT is gd....another thing about ICT which i dun really like, is cos unlike other units, I am going to a unit with ppl i dunno (at least this is the feeling i got at the start, though this is the 4th time we are together), so it's like i m not close to them. but maybe cos of the higher life condition this time, really opened up more to them, joked more, know more about them, talk more, and of cos they are definitely very entertaining. ha. so enjoyed myself more definitely! and think we really bonded well!
one gd example is today. we are having water games in the afternoon, battery level again. normally, and as usual HQ battery is the most not united. can't be blamed cos we are made up of totally different groups of ppl. so today when looking for ppl to play the water polo, big problem. then one of us medics, IW, ask me ( i dunno why he think so high of me to ask me 1st, but maybe cos i m very tall so will be a gd advantage) to play. I actually dun mind but hope to have more ppl. KK then ask me go also. Then I ask EJ go. in the end, ask n ask, end up our HQ team of 11, 6 are medics! ha. somehow i feel it's really a big accomplishment! haha pardon to say, think normally I feel they think medics are slack, but this time, we have such a big representation! proud if u ask me! ha. and i tot some of us wun play also ended up playing. ok, RSM say before that if HQ nobody, then book out at 8, but I think that's not y we volunteered ourselves.
Anyway, ok in the end we got last of 4, but i will say it's a close fight for both games. 1st game, we were leading before they put 2 past us; abit loss of tactics, we should have just dragged on after scoring once, that is to break up their momentum, but instead we played at their pace. 2nd time was 1-1 before sudden death where we lost. but i feel, compared to a battery where they all worked together since last time, HQ, totally different ppl are able to still put up a fight and even nearly win, is really gd! but i feel there are some tactical errors...i m quite a weak link, not up to expectation.. IW is gd, but he was more of defender, he should have gone attack actually cos he is fast in swimming. I am well, weak in my freestyle unfortunately, and totally screwed up in my handling of the ball, should have been mid field, so it's really a waste. example once, should have striked hard on the target, but instead i tried a loop which totally missed. :S. ok i sucked at ball games. but anyway, ya, feel we bonded well, and joked along the way.
Our HQBSM also scored the very 1st goal. ha. why i mentioned him, cos on e 1st day, he didn't give me a tt gd impression, cos he is new to our unit, but 1st day, dunno who was he and he just shouted all of us to fall in. but well, the next few days on, see his actions and such, can see he is definitely no bad guy, if you ask me, probably just trying to act fierce! ha
anw, ippt, managed to get gold this time, in ICT, on track... long time since i ran track. but why i decided to try for gold on track this time? probably a bit of luck. last thurs, just before our 2 day 1 night outfield, we had ippt. didn't wanted to exert myself cos of outfield, but ended up still chiong at the start, as usual, i dunno why. ha. anw was clocking 1:25 then around 3 min on 2nd round. but at start of 3rd round, just scare that i will fall out if i ran too fast, totally slowed down.. but end up, a bit surprising, i ran a 10.09 which is just 10 sec off the mark though i slowed down, so it gave me a totally convinced determination i will definitely get gold today, and i actually dreamt and daydreamt about it, esp during outfield. oops.
but things are not so simple. this morning, or even yday nite, i told myself, if i nv get gold, it's my own fault. cos only got ard 5 hrs of slp and this morning no breakfast at home, only have a packet of biscuit and milo before going. I was even asking myself, why i want to get gold this time, and can't really find a reason... except maybe a lame one, to show tt even medics can get gold for ippt. ha. anw even when i took the 1st static station, SBJ, CO was looking. (think i didn't say i so coincidentally saw CO with his wife last fri outside after bookout? but that's another story. ha) SBJ was never a problem when i discovered the technique. anw i became cocky and just anyhow jump and got a shock 221. tt woke me up. but even my 2nd jump didn't really save my face, cos only got 234, which is 4 pts instead of my usually 243cm. and normally i will get a total of 24 pts for my golds.., 5 for all except pull up, getting 4 here means i wun get the usually 24, ok this is superstition.
but anw, then shuttle run, CO was just gone, and i ran but wah, totally keep missing the metal at the turning pt, but managed to scrape a 10 sec flat though normally is under 10. and think my stomach really feel weird, cos i really can't perform gd when hungry. but anw soon, the run came. really psychoed myself that i must do it.. as usual i dun carry a watch now. really no need see time along the way, the thing is, just to do my best and tt's enuff. but anw, i really keep psycho-ing myself that i can do it!
so coincidental, the guy running same detail as me was aiming gold also. anw, sprinted fr the start, ran a bit too fast 1:21, but well there is no stopping. i must admit i always feel like stopping during 2.4km, but i know i can't be defeated by the inner voice to do so. anw ya, ended up with a 9.38 in e end. gd. the guy who ran in e same detail also got gold, same timing as me somemore. i lost him since the 1st round but last round he just suddenly overtook me, but well in the end, timing is the same. but well, maybe end up i became a pacer for him sia, lol, cos throughout i will be e person he need to catch up with. but well, gd that both did it.
some other surprises, i knew my fren, one of the officers in the arti sch also from gakkai, then today end up he told me another officer was also from gakkai! didn't know his guy is from gakkai till he told me he is from gym core, then i realise i often see him during ndp that time, and quite often in meetings also i think. really so qiao! ha. n my fren told me the ex S3 also a member, but think he disrupt till dunno where. what a small world..
but anw, end of ICT4, ICT 5, soon to come... till then..need to adjust back to normal life..
